The copper of bones

DS Maolalai has been nominated eight times for Best of the Net and five times for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in two collections, "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016) and "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019). "The copper of bones" is in Short Circuit #06, Short Édition's quarterly review.

trying my hand again at Selby Jr. in my comfortable apartment with a balcony in the Dublin northside. Last Exit doesn't work now and neither does Requiem. I first came across them in elbowish rooms in Toronto and the north end of London. something of the copper of bones here, I thought. something of life—a toilet by the stove and four feet from the bedclothes. and art needs discomfort to appreciate properly. Selby doesn't function when the water heater does.

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